2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Economics is the 19th most popular major in the country with 49,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,736 and had an average of $22,046 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 51 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,805 and $24,644 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the economics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Montana

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

656 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$7,023 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 29 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list.Among the 16,218 students enrolled at MSU Bozeman, 656 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,023. To help with additional expenses, 37 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. MSU Bozeman does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at MSU Bozeman]](/colleges/montana-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Economics for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

UM also made our “Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #2.Of the 9,808 students enrolled at UM, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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